Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Author: marieme-helie-lucas
Marieme Helie Lucas, an Algerian sociologist, is the founder and former international coordinator of the international solidarity network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws. She is also the founder of ‘Secularism Is A Women’s Issue’ – siawi.org. This article was posted on www.siawi.org on June 4, 2009.
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker
It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.